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What do you do when you have one of the fattest marketing wallets in the world, but a chunk of your potential customers are being drawn in by ancillary offerings made by third parties who get big payouts from you …

Everyone loves a good horse race. But with macro-economic conditions reverberating throughout the wireless industry – handset vendors’ aggregate volume growth in the third quarter appeared to be stagnating – the situation calls into question the health of the horses.No …

BOSTON – There was a lot of talk during the Mobile Internet World 2008 event about expanding connectivity and access to the Internet to more people and devices using advanced networks, but one company in attendance is looking for a …

BOSTON – Futuremark Corp. is hoping to topple the bar set by Apple Inc.’s iPhone by taking the mobile user interface into the third dimension. The software company announced a new graphics software engine, dubbed Kanzi, that it said will …

BOSTON – The future apparently belongs to mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that will be connected to broadband wireless networks like WiMAX and offer graphically rich, touchscreen-based interfaces, at least according to a glimpse of the future provided by Intel Corp.’s …

BOSTON – A day after the release of the first cellphone powered by Google Inc.’s Android software, the founder of the startup that initially developed the software took the Mobile Internet World keynote stage to explain the reasons behind the …

The much-delayed but much-anticipated BlackBerry Bold will begin selling at AT&T Mobility on Nov. 4 “for as low as” $300, with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate.The price tag will place the Bold on par with the more expensive, 16 …

BOSTON- One of the most difficult questions asked during panel discussions at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event was “What is a mobile Internet device?” Answers ranged from something bigger than a smartphone to something smaller than a portable personal …

BOSTON – It’s a busy time for T-Mobile USA Inc.The carrier is in the midst of rolling out its 3G network, it is launching the world’s first Google Inc.-powered cellphone, and it is overhauling its interactions with application developers. The …

CEO Steve Jobs joined Tuesday’s conference call to assure investors that Apple Inc. will maintain its gross profit margins despite the economic downturn. If Apple’s customer base is under financial strain, consumers are likely to postpone an Apple purchase, rather …

Korean vendor LG Electronics Co.’s market share slid as it was hit by a slowdown in Europe and India, but the mobile devices company remained strong in the United States, according to results released today.LG’s strength in the U.S. sets …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications posted solid unit shipments for the third quarter, but reported financial metrics that illustrated the company’s struggles with its portfolio in the current market. Revenue for the seven-year-old, Japanese-Swedish joint venture reached $3.8 billion, down 10% …

Financial institutions must now monitor and archive text and instant messages sent by employees through company-issued handsets much like they do with corporate e-mail. However, only a handful of companies offer compliance software. A recent requirement by the Financial Industry …

With the launch of Apple Inc.’s 3G-capable iPhone earlier this summer, along with a slew of other Web-ready smartphones topping consumers’ wish lists, the mobile search market stands as one of the most rapidly expanding avenues of digital marketing. There …

Wireless industry professionals always seem to be wearing hard hats. Whether building new phones, constructing monthly plans or remodeling ever-faulty customer service options, carriers put their construction tools to use daily. But without a good network, there would be nothing …

The Cannes Silver Lion-winning iPint application for beer brand Carling is the target of a $12.5 million lawsuit against parent Molson Coors Brewing Co. by Hottrix, the developer of the iBeer application. London agency Beattie McGuinness Bungay created iPint. Wired’s …

Motorola Inc. announced its first touchscreen phone for the U.S., called the Krave, with Verizon Wireless on Tuesday. The phone is now available for $150 with a mail-in rebate. The phone is a variant of the Ming, a popular model …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.The history of mobile data teems …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years. People of a certain age …

Financial analysts typically gauge companies on their future prospects, not past performance. That is acutely so for the current moment in history, a couple weeks into the critical fourth quarter. The collapse of the financial sector, tightened credit markets and …

The following list ranks U.S. wireless industry CEOs by total compensation for the 2007 fiscal year. The ranking includes executives at public U.S. companies listed on the RCR Wireless News Stock Watch. Salary and total compensation figures were derived from …

Nuance Communications Inc. announced a deal to provide mobile speech and predictive text capabilities “across a broad range” of devices from Nokia Corp.The world’s largest handset maker will license Nuance’s technology and partner with the Burlington, Mass.-based firm to offer …

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its new touchscreen effort – the Storm – is due at Verizon Wireless “later this fall,” pricing to be announced.The price of the device is, of course, the most critical bit of information …

The cheap, voice-centric, clamshell handset still rules the American marketplace, as Motorola Inc.’s Razr V3 remains the top-selling handset in the country, according to recent data from NPD Group. Yet smartphones claim three of the top five slots, with Apple …

The most important weapon in the war against the dumb-pipe scenario may just be the cloud.Cloud-based services – hosted applications “in the sky” and accessible through the Internet, as opposed to native apps – are suddenly all the rage in …